hey art the first mistake everyone does is let the hose scuff on the ground. i have a 2.5 inch 45 on the reducer with a 2X4 suport block. my first 3-4 foot of hose does not touch the ground ha ha

Good cover, Art.

Keep you from having cranky mixer drivers

Art has balls, his hose does not scuff the ground.

art,

    introduce me to a ballvalve pump, what and how does that chamber on the siamese work?

Here's a picture of a "transition cover" which is required on all BBCP pump trucks, from the smallest line pump up to our stationary hi-rise pumps. Unfortunately, I have seen one of these put to the test on more than 1 occasion. One day while pumping a deck on the 35-38th floor of a building, I blew the 6 to 5 reducer on a BP 8000. The transition cover deflected all of the slurry directly downward into the Eco-pan, away from the mixer drivers. If you note, the cover is designed to fit loosly around the rear end, enabling it to deflect any slurry, aggregate or debris away from anyone standing close to the pump. These are a real asset to safe pumping...

Big T

  Big Tobacco

Those covers should be a required industry standard. They are life savers and injury preventers. IF the insurance industry had the first small clue about what is really dangerous on a pump (and they do not) they would make the use a condition of coverage. If your assend blew up without the protective cover, there would be no coverage.

It is really funny when you think about it. 99% of the companies that write insurance policies for the pumping industry do not even know what they are insuring; or the risks involved.

Bob,

Thanks for the feed back...I couldn't agree with you more! Several of the larger redi-mix suppliers in the Seattle area are refusing to back up to any pumps without transition covers on them! Needless to say, several other major players in our market are now "on board". If anyone is interested in finding out more about these covers, shoot me an email and I will get you the name and number of the manufacturer (it's not BBCP) here in Seattle.

Big T

T

how about posting the details ;~)

I'll get the info from the Safety Dept tomorrow Bob!

Big T

As requested, here is the info concerning the transition covers developed by Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping...

Chris Perlatti

Seattle Tarp     

18449 Cascade Ave S
Seattle, WA 98188
(206) 285-2819

www.seattletarp.com

http://www.seattletarp.com/Concretetransitioncovers.asp

Big T

Hello fellow concrete pumpers,I,ve ran an olin ball valve for 12 years,and used to set up as pictured.That is the only time I,ve blown a reducer.These days I always use a piece of 2 1/2 between the 3 to 2 1/2 and 2 1/2 to 2. Although the olin ball valve is one of the smoothest out there,it's been my experience that the hose tends to creep toward the direction of the pour,putting wear/strain on the two reducers. I do love the idea of having a wrap as added insurance,great idea!